The Wallaw in Northumberland

Weatherspoons at blyth lovly old cinema good food blyth the town with 15 second hand shops !

Only good thing was the cup of tea,the black pudding was hard over cooked, sausage burnt ,egg was only warm bacon and beans were hot will I return don't think so probs try Toby next time

Great show. Staff just a delight

Excellent service as always and 10 out of 10 my grandkids and I really enjoyed it.

We loved how the interior has stayed relevant to what the building used to be. The razzle dazzle of the art deco cinema.

Great selection of ales. That's the attraction as well as the price.

Great weatherspoons. Its an old cinema.

Just there for Coffee, the hot drinks station could have been a bit tidier. On the whole v good and very reasonable.

No atmosphere to speak of, staff took over a hour to move plates from the table WE stacked for them. Took 10 minutes to be served thru the app for 1 pint. And to top it off someone crapped all over the mens toilets which was there for over an hour. Disgusting

Very very cheap , nice pint too

Only called in for a quick pint

friendly helpful kind staff reusable prices for food and drink nice chil relaxing place

Wetherspoons. Nice looking, converted cinema. Very big and rather draughty. Plenty tables, but understaffed. Food and drink cheap and plentiful. If it was a girl, I would describe her as all fur coat and née knickers. Can say I've been there, but won't go again

Lovely pub went with my dad and stepmum

It's what you'd expect from spoons. Cheap cheerful, the place is clean the food well its spoons but ever time we have breakfast here the eggs are always perfect runny yolks crispy bacon. Perfect Sunday hangover breakfast 😋

Excellent choice of beers especially the shipyard ale 🍺 good atmosphere food ok

Very nice place. About the best spoons I've been in. Hope it stays the same.

Canny day food was ok plus won Jacky on bandit so had a great day 😂

It's looking a bit rundown at the moment. For what it's costing for the repairs and kitchen Refurb it would have been better left as a cinema. It needs a good refurbishment more security on doors.as you get gangs of abusive little toe rags not very nice better places to visit in Blyth

typical weatherspoons beers good lacks atmosphere

Generally a quiet pub it has an impressive setting as an Art Deco style cinema which has retained many original features including the top balcony and seats. Currently being renovated but you can still eat and drink here

Took my mam for breakfast and was stunned with the decor. Table services was good and the food was excellent. Atmosphere was very relaxing and staff were very friendly and helpful.

Always a fun pub coz it is authentic for what it was and the beers not bad either. Always a good place to chillax !!

Food was ok. No atmosphere or ambience so we ate and exited.

Fabulous menu choice, great value for mobey and quick service.

Came in for a catchup with friends on our only day off ... got here at 11am ordered drinks , food and more drinks ... arranged for family to meet us here at teatime with the kids ... only to be given a reserved sign on our table and to be told we have to leave by 4pm as a party of 20 ppl were coming in !! No ifs no buts and staff member was quite abrupt about it... food itself wasn't bad ... for a change ... normally cold breakfasts but burgers today were nice.

Lovely place my first time at this one

Good food along with good service. Reasonably priced. Large seating area, though a bit gloomy.

The OldHippodrome cinema now a Wetherspoons. Staff very friendly and good service.

Same standards, this restaurant was a theatre in the past! Lovely features... You have to go and see the toilet's room ! (ladies)

Great wetherspoons, and the toilets are not a 10 minute hike upstairs🤣

As wetherspoons goes this is slightly above average. Lovely staff and quite an iconic building

Had breakfast here . Beautiful building inside keeping up the cinema atmosphere this building used to be .

The food was ok, as you'd expect from a spoons. The service was good.

Favourite wetherspoon pub - so beautifully decorated and the food is always really good.

Bit chilly. But ok for food and drink

An absolutely amazing place! Wetherspoons food is OK but excellent value. This was a picture house and the Art Deco style is just stunning. Excellent service and great value, atmosphere lovely too!

Incredible location and ambience! 🤩

Gets busy and only one member of staff on

Food was cold as they lost me even though they had my table number

The standard and quality of the real ales being served has sadly rapidly deteriorated over the last few weeks , used to be really good but are regularly awful now , when returning foul tasting swill to be replaced you are now met with looks of disgust and Some of the worst customer service I have ever experienced as a seasoned real ale drinker .An awful experience ,and the amount of regular faces that no longer frequent the wallaw for it’s real ale is palpable !

Nice food for a low price. But please accept European cards also.

I must commend the staff for their hard work, especially Laura and Rachel. They never stopped , clearing and cleaning tables, collecting glasses and serving food. Also the kitchen staff for their efficiency. It was super to see a great team at work

Attended with work colleague for evening meal. Firstly, the venue is very nicely converted from an old cinema. Ordered food and drink via their app. I ordered a Doom Bar - after a short while, I was told that it was being changed and might be 10 mins - I was happy to wait and ordered a pint of water in the meantime. Then my mixed grill turned up. Sausage, lamb, pork chips and the onion rings were fine. Then we came to the steak and the gammon. Gammon - over half was inedible fat or gristle Steak - 10% was edible meat. The rest was inedible unrendered fat. Waitress was called and after returning to the kitchen with my issues, returned to say that the chef(?) wouldn't be cooking any replacements. Manager called. Explained to her and she also spoke to the chef (?). She told me they wouldn't replace the items as they couldn't guarantee that the replacement would be any better. WTAF?? Who stocks rubbish cuts of meat like that?? I was however, given a refund. Awful food, good beer, nice venue, dodgy chef and/or dodgy purchasing department. Manager very polite but ought to have torn the chef a second one.

Really enjoyed curry day in a spectacular setting.

Went in for breakfast on our weekend away in Northumberland. What a beautiful building this is, and a lot of it looks preserved well. The tables are a bit close together for fetching your coffee, it's a bit of a dodgem/slalom. The staff were friendly and helpful and it was clean and tidy. Usual spoons menu. The toast was proper toasted here :) not pale like some places

Only marked it down a little on atmosphere as it was really really busy. Having said that the food was nice, made and served relatively quickly. Very good value for money will definitely be back

An old theatre house converted to a spoons, real big floor space, good atmosphere friendly staff

Great service & lovely food. Mine & my friends meeting place.

Its absolutely spectacular inside is a massive space looks like it used to be a theatre, the bar is amazing bright and stunning art deco all around, evie green hair lovely girl enthusiastic and boss customer service give her a raise haha, steak was succulent, mouthwatering and cooked to perfection Would 11/10 RECCOMEND this place to anyone in Blythe

Friendly and helpful staff, relaxing place to have some time out...xx

Interesting place, old cinema decor works

What a load of crap. Waited 40 mins for a breakfast, Went to ask about its whereabouts and got told they were busy, however i did point out that folk who ordered after me have there food only to be told thats impossible. Well sorry love but my daughter and her partner ordered 20 mins after me and they had there breakfast, so please dont lie. Got a refund

Been here three times now over three years, staff are always attentive and helpful, the interior of the building could be doing of an upgrade and so could the toilets both male and female apparently, but overall worth a visit while visiting the area.

Manager was rude, in a bad fettle, taking it out in customers is disgraceful, unbelievably unprofessional and unacceptable behaviour.

Wetherspoons blyth wallaw is really well worth a visit a normally go for breakfast which I find excellent value the staff are welcoming I sometimes go for afternoon meal which is the same I would highly recommend if ur in the area

2 friends and I met up. We all ordered food. 1 food arrived while still waiting at the coffee machine. My food, fish and chips arrived. It was absolutely awful, so greasy, overdone to the point the fish inside had fried away. I took it back and was given another one. I do thank them for the gesture but no improvement from the first plate . My other friends food by this time had still not arrived when we all ordered in succession to each other. Very disappointing, won't return

Normally love this place and eat here quite often. Returned here after a few months away from the place to try the festive dinner. Priced at £10.69 with a soft drink this is not ‘really cheap’. Meal came with tiny portions of food. The stated chantenay carrots (there were two tiny carrots). Parsnips were that few and far between and so small they were difficult to spot. Turkey was like them cheap reformes slices from the supermarket. The mash which had no gravy on was covered with a hard skin. I asked for some gravy for it to soften it up and was told I would have to go to the bar and pay and order. I complained about the size and quality for the size and was told they come in ‘bagged up’. Offered a refund but then the waitress went off and this was not clear what she was doing as it was the kitchen she went to. No apology or customer service. I had to request an alternative mean and wait ages for this to come. Replaced this with the mixed grill which is normally nice but not today. Meat was fatty and dried out with pink bits in the pork. Yes they were busy but kitchen staff were just throwing the food out and no customer service. Asked a waiter for the manager and was told he can’t find him. The place seemed so badly run today.

Called in here for a pint while I was passing saw that they served Leffe so ordered a pint. What I got was far from a pint once the head had gone. So I asked the barmaid to top it up please. No chance that it how they were told to serve it and she could not top it up. Total rip off, go else where £3.75 for 3/4 of a pint I have never been refused a top up on a slack pint ever.

A wonderful adaption of a former cinema but afterwards that's where it stops. My meal must have been either boil in the bag or reheated in a microwave. One good point is that you can have a coffee refill. I didn't find the staff particularly friendly. Not a good experience sadly/

This place has gone downhill since last visit 3 months ago .Last visit, lots of drunken middle aged idiots shouting swearing and not social distancing . Bar staff couldn't careless and turned and blind eye to their shenanigans.

It was cold, tasteless and toast was not toasted at all, bean portion was so small you could have counted them. Nobody came and asked if everything was ok like they do in Wetherspoons.

Slightly ordinary - a converted cinema - but a little dull indoors I thought compared with the Peter Cushing in Whitstable, kent. Staff were doing a good trade in the social distancing paperwork. Had a few pints of Sunny Daze. Carpets need a good clean to bring up the vibrant colours!

Good place for a nice meal that doesn't cost an arm and a leg for... Well worth getting a breakfast too, yummy!!

We were out for a meal tonight for my Daughter's Birthday, there was 7 of us and to be fair we never even thought about it only been parties of 6.We ordered all 7 meals while we were waiting for our food , my Daughter did the track and trace app and checked us in as a party of 7 , and the track and trace went thought no problem.While we were eating our meal one of the waitress came over to tell us that we shouldn't be a party or 7, she was very loud as the 2 tables behind us looked over to see what was going on. We were very embarrassed to the way she spoke to us. When she came to clear our table she seem to have a bit of a attitude towards us , she only cleared part of the table due to the fact of Covid she wasn't able to lean over , but all she had to do we to explain this and we would have sent plate down towards her. We were never asked if we wanted anything from the sweet menu as the Menu was taken away.I would like to say as surperviser who has worked all the way through Lockdown and Covid dealing with the public on a daily basis I was appalled by the way we were spoken to and her attitude towards us was shocking .I get the fact we are all stressed during the awful times we are experiencing but the way she spoke to us really needs to be address by Weatherspoons!!!!

We traveled a few miles for breakfast as this is far better than The spoons in our home town of Whitley Bay. We all had some kind of breakfast items, 2 large breakfasts, a Sausage butty and toast with jam.Service was fast and friendly, food was standard spoons food but well presented and lovely, I love the decor in here, 20’s Art Deco and very clean ( we were in early ) Staff attentive and friendly with all customers.We will be back, thank you !

Love coming here with its old cinema heritage still in place. Had a very nice meal, gammon and chicken stack, with wings and prawn starters. Food was great as was the table service using the app.

We go to this pub at least twice a week. The cleanliness is getting worse. I always go to the toilet before we leave, I go in the same toilet, the first one on the left as you walk in. Before New Year there was sick on the door and wall, it is still there now!! Numerous times I've been and there has been blood on the walls aswell. Other Wetherspoons we go in have lovely clean toilets, as they say, you can tell a pubs hygiene by its toilets. This pub needs a good clean up throughout, it's a shame as it is a lovely building.

Another historical gem saved by wetherspoons, step back to the glamorous days of the 1930's in this gem of an old cinema. In the foyer you are greeted by an old massive projector and a host of original features. Walk in to the main bar and your sorry you did not pack your tuxedo. The balcony is all there complete with seats the bar back is decorated with a giant Art Deco sunburst mirror and adds to the atmosphere. Although I have had the wetherspoons App for ages I used it for the first time and its great. No more queuing with the riff-raff at the barfor me !!!!

Good food good prices and very art deco.Family friendly.Great place for breakfast very reasonably priced and vegetarian also on offer.something fir everyone

Absolutely love the Wallaw. Visited twice over the festivities and haven’t been disappointed! Food is always hot, fresh and delicious! Love the pizza’s - love the prawns! The staff are always happy to help and cheerful. Thank you HOWEVER - making them work 9am-10:30pm on Christmas Day is dreadful. Saw this on the sign and thought it was greedy of the higher bosses to do this!!

Popped in for a bite to eat and a cheeky drink before the footballMid afternoon, relatively quiet, decided on the Sunday steak, egg & chips deal, what’s not to like at £20 for 2 meals and 2 pints, with a side of black pudding. And I can say the sirloin steak was delicious, thoroughly enjoyed it, cooked to perfection. Table service is excellent, only time needed to leave seat was to go to toilet. Staff friendly & polite.All washed down with a jug of Ginberry FizzLovely afternoon, football was good too

It’s a great place, great value for your money, staff are polite and friendly, food is good, it’s a good choice for friends and family to go for a bite to eat or a few drinks, certainly a place to go back to time and time again.

Fantastic building, nice relaxed atmosphere, great choice of beer at a decent price. I've had many meals at different Wetherspoons, nearly always spot-on.Last 'Steak Night' was my second, and both times my steak was awful. I was pulling out strips of fat and grissle every mouthful. Our group od four all had the same thing, two steaks were OK and two awful. I'll stick to beer from now on.

Took my 2 grandaughters for a meal. Service was good but food was awful and coffee was warm. Steak and kidney pudding was over cooked and mash was over microwaved and very stodgy.Had 2 coffees and both were Luke warm at best. Kids meals were OK Most disappointing food I have tasted in a long time.

On the app it isn't available to request NO ICE in soft drinks. For the pub sorry for this but your Head Office takes no notice.

The food from here is terrible bought fish and chips when I cut into the fish it was rank I informed a waitress who agreed that the fish was off and took it away that was the last i saw of her no refund was offered

Fantastic surroundings spoilt by staff who forget to give you a glass with ice for your drink even when they ask you initially did you want one

Visited on a busy Thursday (5/9/19) , I believe there was an event on at a local theatre. We were told about the wait for food, however we had been excited to visit this pub, so we didn’t mind the wait. There were 2 serving the food, a young girl with long dark hair and a manager. Both were constantly running around, and despite how busy it was their service was still quick and efficient. When we asked a few questions about the pub the young girl was very knowledgeable and was very kind and friendly. Unfortunately we did not get her name, however hopefully this message may get passed onto her. Food was great, both myself and husband thoroughly enjoyed our meals. Fantastic visit to the Wallaw!

It’s a Spoons, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but the prices are very reasonable, and the location of this particular branch in a former Art Deco cinema is worth the effort.

I have raved about The Wallaw in previous reviews but it seems to be dropping its standards. I found the place looking dinghy and in need of a clean. Tables were not being wiped when cleared. The mirrors over the bar have a thick layer of dust. The bar staff seemed less friendly than before with one not wanting to move away from her till to serve. The menu is lengthy and extensive and prices very reasonable but the food quality falls short of expectations. My plate of three types of chicken had decent wings and tenders but the main breaded chicken was soggy inside and the accompanying corn on the cob had been overly boiled and was soggy, shrunken and disgusting as was the tiny pot of coleslaw that looked far from fresh. For the first time I am not in any hurry to return to The Wallaw.

went there on monday night there was a drunk running around the bar punching people and getting in 2 girls faces but the bar staff did not say a thing and continued to serve him drinks this was at 8.45 if they want to watch the cctv, they should not have served him more, then him and his mates were were being disruptive then they started hassling the girls again they had to go and hide round the corner, a member of staff did say something to them but it did not make any difference. other spoons are busy during the week this place was empty probably the drunks are chasing away the family's we felt on edge when we were there and left as soon as we could.

Ok for a quick meal, as with most Wetherspoon pubs/restaurants depending on what day of the week you visit and what time of day

Looks a bit plain from the outside, but a superb bar inside. Great decor, lots of interesting things to see. Staff were first class, and the usual great choice of drinks. A good atmosphere, well worth a visit

At first wetherspoons was always packed and you couldn't fault any of the services. However it has become more of a place for people to go if they want an early pint. The menu has changed much to my dislike and therefore makes it harder to want to go to wetherspoons. Not a bad place just not for me.

Had chicken wings and crispy prawn starters, all very nice. Followed by burgers for all, and a chicken burger. Bit of a wait between starter and meals, bit too long. Love this place old cinema with lots of its original features.

Came in for a pint and some food after work, there was 3 staff behind the bar, 2 were doing 1 order for table service as one was emptying the slops trays, all I wanted to do was spend my money which will make profit for JD Witherspoon who will in turn pay staff wages.

Great tasting lunch at the Wallaw in Blyth. Thoroughly enjoyed some food here, some great deals on too! Service was quick and efficient and the environment was clean. Another happy visit. Thanks

We've been here a few times and it's been ok previously. It is cheap so I appreciate that quality isn't always highest but...

Nice place for a drink and reasonable price food is average but for the price of it you can't complain. They have a dress code which they seem to enforce at there own whim think it seem to depend who it is as some things there are people with shorts and trainers, and not sure what there policy is on kids but our 17 year son is often asked to leave at 9 even though he is eating a meal and drinking coke some clarity or consistency with these policies would be nice.

I’ve read other reviews of the Wallaw and I’m not sure people are talking about the same place. It oozes the atmosphere of the old theatre and has been very imaginatively restored and adapted to a drinking hole. The food and drink are great too- twice I’ve been here now, and twice it’s been without fault. Mrs B and I came for tea before going to see Think Floyd at the Phoenix; we ordered via the app without a problem, the barman quickly brought drinks before the food-he read my mind, and the food followed quickly and was perfect in every aspect; crispy batter on a big fish etc etc etc. Yum yum.

Family lunch. With my parents and children. Lovely building clean and spaceous. Fast friendly service. Great value for money. Will be back soon. Great burgers! Go9d portions. Not at all hurried. Good place to relax and chat.

a nice clean well decorated place with glimpses of the old picture house it once was, good wetherspoons prices.

My friend and I popped in here for food yesterday and both opted for the empire state burger. Came out quickly and we both enjoyed it. However, one of us was sick and the other had severe stomach pains a few hours later. one person has still got the symptoms and has been unable to go to work today. All in all a disappointing show of hygiene/food storage if both of us have been unwell. Will never return here.

Visit the wallaw quite often - it is cheap and cheerful! I opted for the gourmet veggie burger and asked for ‘American cheese’ - now, forgive me if I am wrong but I can buy these cheese slices in Morrison’s for £1 a pack? How is this American cheese? And for £1, that is very disgraceful of the wallaw!

Good night out with a good selection of spirits and beer.fair selection of meals and snacks but can sometimes be a bit of a wait

My partner and I visited for a quick tea as we often do. I must say the chicken wings are absolutely outstanding. It sounds cheesy but we know our chicken wings and these are top of the pops. Weather spoons good is normally hangover food, quick service and homely, comfort food but these out do any chicken chain or even the wings of most places in USA . They are a must with a couple of pints of coorsapart from that the decor in this weatherspoons is original cinema seating upstairs and Art Deco our front. .

Ladies and Gentlemen...welcome to the main event ! The winner of the Wetherspoons best East Northumberland Pub & Restaurant is..The Wallaw @ Blyth. This is my second review review of this establishment and I have to say that I am doing so because it just gets better and better !! The venue itself is to die for with its old cinematic charm and style. The feeling of nostalgia runs through the building like a classic movie flowing off a film reel. We went at 10:30am on a Sunday morning and the place was spotlessly clean. Now the Wallaw covers a lot of floor yardage and I am sure on the previous evening with it being a Saturday night, it will have been a bit grimy. Well, whoever are the cleaners of the facility, they get the supporting Oscar because we could have eaten our breakfast meal off the floor it was so clean and fresh !! Excellent !! The staff at the Wallaw Blyth too are really the best in the Wetherspoons East North crew. Any question, order, enquiry is met with a happy smile, an immediate informative reply and a charm that the management will be proud of. Thank you 'Spoons team for always making us feel like we are your special guests and you are happy to support our experience. The drinks at The Wallaw...always cleanly poured, staff knowledgeable on any new ales with taster options and always plentiful. I have not yet had one poor or bad ale/wine or spirit at The Wallaw. Now..the breakfast at The Wallaw..always hot, always plentiful and always tasty. I think I have said in previous reviews that some Wetherspoons in the North East are lacking in something or other within their breakfast service...well..not The Wallaw @ Blyth. Lovely service, clean plates knives forks etc and food that sets you up for the day ahead with a full smiling belly. So.. to end this Wetherspoons Oscar award speech..to join the cast of this epic food & drink movie called ' Wetherspoons, knives or forks saves Blyth society ! then get along to audition every day at The Wallaw...always a rehearsal ready to go and remember, not much money needed and dress code : Casual !! ....See you soon !!!

Typical Wetherspoons pub, interesting building with good value food & drinks. We have been here several times for food & drinks, the Curry night is especially nice.

I have been here a good few times now and have never been disappointed. The bar and the table waiting staff are quick and helpful. Good pub food at a good price.